Trying to make sense of all the X modular packages

Jeff Smith whydoubt at yahoo.com
Fri Nov 11 04:22:59 PST 2005


--- Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at sun.com> wrote:
> Looking at the full list of packages in X now and the list seems a bit
> overwhelming.   In an attempt to help people make sense of the new modular
> world, I've made a list of the packages and tried to organize them into
> logical groups to help users and packagers figure out which ones they want.
> For now I've left out all the fonts & drivers, hoping it's obvious which of
> those you want to install.
...

Is there any particular reason that proto/XF86Misc and proto/XF86VidMode are
in 'core', while lib/Xxf86misc and lib/Xxf86vm are in extended.  I realize
that there may, but it just seems a bit odd.

 -- Jeff Smith


	
		
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